The Ultimate Mistake that STOPS You From Entering Flow State
Let me guess…You are planning to achieve something, probably it’s about career, school, or maybe hobbies? You’d tried your best but it feels like something is still missing? Well, it is because you are not in the “flow state”. In this article, In this article, I’m gonna tell you the ultimate mistake that forbids you from entering the flow state.
“PEOPLE TRY TOO HARD”. That’s it. This is the ultimate error people make when they try to enter or trigger the flow state. People want to enter a flow state so bad that they push themselves too hard.
In this chart, as you can see, we have the skill on the y-axis and the challenge difficulty on the x-axis. The line that sits in between it is flow. Above it, there is boredom and below is stress and anxiety.
Based on the graph, we can see that in order to achieve flow, the activity has to have the right level of engagement with our skills. If the challenge is too extreme, we’ll feel overwhelmed; if the challenge is too easy, we’ll get bored. The key is to transcend your comfort level.
People tend to push themselves too much and that’s the first mistake in entering the flow state. We struggle too much to the point that we lose focus, concentration, and balance. Ever wonder why people tend to overdo things? We, as humans, have different goals and expectations in life. In reaching these things, we sometimes exhaust ourselves. When our body’s fight-or-flight system is permanently switched on, we lose focus. Our brain will keep on thinking non-stop on random stuff.
This doesn’t get you into “the zone”. Over-pushing nor being uneager to do the task won’t help you enter the flow state. Too many people shove their asses off too much because they are not in flow. This kind of person needs to relax a little bit more and focus on his breathing while doing a task.
If you want to enter “the zone”, you gotta learn how to deal with and overcome this mistake.
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